Help with ID of odd 'pellet's in bird feeder.
sheepco
17 years ago
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Comments (10)Hi Nancy, I bought new birdfeeders today. I was in the States for the day (I'm from Canada) and so I decided to checkout Lowes and got feeders with metal perches. Funny thing about animals - you really can't tell what's on their minds when they do what they do..so for me to make sense of this is probably futile. And you are probably right in that large birds may have caused the damage -- yet I cannot explain why the cuts occur at the point the perch enters the tube and why the rest of the perch do not have any bite marks. These are relatively new tubes. One a year old and other just recently purchased. The perches are pretty strong I can't snap them in half. If it had been squirrels, the tubes by now would have been damaged. They remain intact and for added protection I had greased the poles. Mice, raccoons or squirrels will have to do heck of a pole dance to make it up that pole. I won't throw away my older feeders. I would like to still use them if I can locate rods of similar width to replace the perches. or as you said, enlarge the holes by drilling and get branches....See MoreBird ID help, please
Comments (4)I was thinking wood thrush when I first saw it. My bird book says wood thrushes are summer birds in my area (southeast Georgia), so then I thought maybe a hermit thrush? Its tail is a redish brown color. I am not very good at this lol, but at least its fun!...See MoreNeed help with bird feeder
Comments (1)I was given one for Christmas that is a green, caged feeder and it has been wonderful. No squirrel damage, they gave up on it soon after it was put up because they couldn't reach any food, the tube is that far inside the cage. I believe the feeder is called "Accent Selective." The only caution I would say is that house sparrows were able to get to the food with this feeder until I attached wires with weights on the bottoms to the top of the feeder, all around the feeder, so that they hung down to below the feeder. This solved that problem....See MoreHelp with bird ID
Comments (3)Thanks litholad, and now that you've mentioned it looks like both birds may be Cowbirds. I'm not sure now if the near one's head is brown or purplish as it would be on a Brewers Blackbird. I've never noticed them around before but Sibley's says they often travel with Blackbirds and I sometimes have small groups of Blackbirds around....See Moresheepco
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